High intellect, how not to get annoyed?

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Thanks for all the posts, to answer a couple of things:

1: I've had it verified i'm above average intelligent, it's not just a phase

2: I have high intellect but i do lack other things such as motivation and understanding of other humans emotions and intellect.

3: If anyone could link me to some forums, group chats or otherwise like social clubs for intellectual people, i'd very much appreciate it.

4: Yes i have considered i might be wrong, i re-evaluate in such circumstances but i arrive at the same outcome. It's when i find a paradox or otherwise holed statement in other's speech that it becomes annoying.

I don't mean to sound like a dick, but carrying the reality of the world on your shoulders becomes lonely and difficult sometimes. It'd be nice to meet fellow people who share that weight.
Again thanks for the replies <3

You can go to the Philosophy, Politics, and Religion forum right here on this Site. You'll get plenty of intellectual discussion there. People point out fallacies there all the time. You can hone your debating skills.

Syrian refugees "carry the reality of the world on their shoulders."

At the end of the day we know what we know. I could call someone a bit stupid at work for not knowing who (for example) these people were and what they did:

Ron Dennis
Cyril Parr
Jon Pertwee
Verity Lambert
Steffan Bellof
Curt Backeberg
Dick Walker
Chris Squire
Arnie Saccnuson
Alpha Centauri

Or what do the following acronyms stand for:
DRS
CSO
NCSS
FISA
WRC

Or not knowing that it a contravention of the Formula One Sporting Regulations to fit different tyres other than those used in Q2 of qualifying for the start of the race if the driver reaches Q3 (unless the team can prove they are damaged, when they can fit an equally worn, but undamaged set), but not if they didn't, unless it is raining and then the rule doesn't apply. I mean, come on, everyone knows that!

Equally, I wouldn't have a clue how Love Island works, who is married to who in Coronation Street, or why people always argue in Eastenders instead of being nice to each other, what time Strictly Come Dancing is on, or even who the judges are. I wouldn't be able to cook a curry or know which herbs to put with which meat and veg, etc, etc (and this list is a LOT bigger than the first list.......).

At the end of the day we know what we know, and we all know different things. Most people, though wouldn't try and find out about something they didn't know about, which I think most of us here would do.

I don't know any of those people. I know maybe one or two of those acronyms.

It's not hard to make curry dishes.

My tennis instructor said it's important to have wisdom as well as knowledge and to live a well-rounded life. This is what I am striving to do. I prioritized getting good grades at school over socialization. I feel I did a lot of dumb things in my life and it hindered me.

[To be clear I am not disagreeing with you here. We are both saying the same thing.]

I admit to having unusual interests. A lot of people wouldn't know who Denis Istomin is, but his story really moved me and motivated me to pick up a racquet and sign up for tennis lessons myself. I was so happy when Denis beat Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open, not just because he beat a top-ranked player, but because I genuinely like Denis. He is intelligent, nice and has a good sense of humor. Watching videos of him makes me smile. He has a friendly, open demeanor and speaks very well.

My most faithful pen-pal shares my interest in bicycles, but is so stupid in his approach, and so unteachable, that I now ignore anything he asks or writes about them. When I was in a larger research organization, there was one guy who was both articulate and voluble, but about what amounted to a perpetual-motion booster in his powertrain. Feynman was frankly appalled at the thought of a large committee, as the odds of having to carry the deadwood was almost 100%.

I am curious about where Snow gets his sense of having the world on his shoulders. I'm stuck trying to promote stuff I did 30 years ago that is still decades ahead of its time, as well as my new work, which is far better, but has not attracted a single correspondent. I have no interest in video games, except as examples of addiction. There's too much work to do to repair the planet.

I get you, Harry.

Aye, it takes a group in agreement to elevate any new truth above "insane" status. Socrates had to drink hemlock, Galileo was persecuted, and Hyapatia of Alexandria was skinned alive. There is an ongoing, undeclared feud between smart people and average people, and they outnumber us badly. Most people are almost incapable of evaluating data, depending on their trusted herd-mates for their opinions. So, they know that they are vulnerable to being fooled, but they suspect all intellectuals, while believing the subset of real con-men. We get the backlash for all the times people didn't "get" our clever jokes at airport security, where any attempt at humour can ruin your day.